POLICY OF THE ELECTORAL ACT.
"The policy of the Electoral Act,'.' said Sir Joseph Ward to Mr Malcolm, in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, "is to retain the electors on the roll, and the provision for removing non-voters therefrom >, was, therefore, modified under the Electoral Act, 1905, to the extent that instead of removing a non-voter from the roll hi 3 qualification for remaining thereon is inquired into, "and only those who are disqualified are expunged from the roll. Of the 79,816 electors who did not vote at the general elections in 1905, 50,428 were qualified to remain on the rolls, and 29,388, who had lost their qualifications, were removed therefrom. The rolls are still further purged by the electors themseves, who now, by means of the single enrolment form, must disclose previous enrolment when claiming in another district, and 20,490 electors have been purged from the rolls in this way since tha present main rolls were printed."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2993, 18 September 1908, Page 4
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159POLICY OF THE ELECTORAL ACT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2993, 18 September 1908, Page 4
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